Tool for weaving chair-bottoms.



PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

H. G. DEAN.

TOOL FOR WEAVING CHAIR BOTTOMS.

N0. 777,608. Patented December 13, 190%.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY O. DEAN, OF GARDNER, MASSAOl-IUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. DUNN COMPANY, OF GARDNER, MASSAOHUSEJHS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL FOR WEAVING CI-lAIFl- BOTTOIVIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,608, dated December 13, 1904,

Application filed March 31, 1904;. Serial No. 201,018- (No model.)

T Wham it y con/067W: served to modify or vary the invention as Be it known that I, HARRY O. DEAN, a citifalls within the spirit and scope thereof. 0 zen of the United States, residing at Gardner, 1n the drawings, Figure 1 1s a plan view of in the county of Worcester and State of Masa section of foundation fabric having the 5 sachusetts,haveinventeda new and usefullmneedle of the herein-described tool inserted provement in Tools for WVcaving Ohair-Bottherein and illustrating the initial stage of toms, of which the following is a speciiicaits progress through the fabric. Fig. 2 is a tion. similar View illustrating the needle in the This invention relates to improvements in final stage of its progress, the strand-carrier IO tools for weaving diagonal strands or strips or shuttle being attached thereto. Fig. 3 is in cane fabric such as is used for chair-bota longitudinal sectional view of the pushingtoms. handle. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the pull- The primary object of the present invention ing-handle. Fig. 5 is also a longitudinal seeis the provision of a tool of the character mentional View of the strand-carrier or shuttle.

I5 tioned, by the use of which the introduction Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another form of the diagonal strands may be accomplished of the invention. with great rapidity and accuracy and the con- Referring to thedrawings, the numeral 1 struction of which is such as to permit the designates the-needle of the herein-described same to be forced through the foundation tool. This is preferably formed of stout wire 20 fabric with both a pushing and pulling acbent into spiral form and provided at one of tion in contradistinction to those tools which its ends with an elongated shank 2, which is are simply pushed, thus permitting the introcoincident with the longitudinal axis of the 7 election of the strands with the greatest debody of the needle. This shank 2 is prefergree of rapidity and absolutely insuring their ably flattened and is provided in its extremity 5 accurate positioning in the fabric and alinewith a perforation 3 for a purpose to be pres- .ment with the other diagonal strands. ently stated. The other end of the needle 1 Subordinate to the foregoing the invention is also provided with a perforation i, and the 7 5 also contemplates, in the construction of the purpose of this will also be presently stated. herein-described tool, the provision of novel A pushing-hamlle 5 is provided for introduc- 3 and efficient means whereby the cane-strip is ing theneedle 1 into thefoundation fabric and attached to the needle and under the influforcing the same a sullicient distance there- .ence of the latter is quickly and accurately through to permit the end of said needle in drawn through the foundation fabric. which the opening is provided to emerge WVith these general objects in View, and from the edge of the foundation fabric oppo- 35 others which will appear as the nature of the site to that wherein the needle has been inimprovements is better understood, the in troduced, and said handle has swiveled therevention consists, substantially, in the novel in a shank (5, which works upon suitable ball- 5 construction, combination, and arrangement bearings 7 to reduce the friction incident to of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, its movement to a minimum, said shank be- 4 illustrated in the accompanying drawings, ing also provided with a bore 8, correspondand finally pointed out in the appended claims. ing to the shape of the shank 2 and being de- While the form of the invention herein signed to receive said shank. Thus it will be 9 shown and described is what is at this time seen that when the shank 2 has been introbelieved to be a preferable embodiment thereduced into the bore 8 the needle 1 becomes 45 of, it will of course be understood that the inincapable of rotation in said shank, but will vention is susceptible of various changes in freely rotate with the shank. Apulling-hanthe form, proportion, and minor details of dle 9 is also eniployedin conjunction with the construction, and the right is therefore reneedle 1, said handle having swiveled therein a shank 10, which is preferably in the form of a screw and upon which is mounted a binding-sleeve 11, a hook 12 being fixedly connected to said shank, between the bindingsleeve and the head thereof, whereby said hook is adapted to rotate with said shank. The hook 12 is designed to engage the perforation 4: of the needle 1, and the purpose of the handle 9 is to effect the final stage of the passage of the needle 1 through the foundation fabric, as hereinafter described.

It is essential that some means he provided for attaching the cane strand or strip to the needle 1, so that said strand or strip may be drawn through the foundation fabric into which the same is to be woven, and to the accomplishment of this end a strand-carrier or shuttle 13 is employed. This strand-carrier or shuttle comprises a hook-section 14, in one end of which is provided a socket 15, and fitted within said socket is a ball-head 16, formed on a follower-section 17 and held within said socket, whereby the hook-section and the follower-section are connected together through the medium of a swivel-joint. The follower-section 17 is provided with a perforation 18, through which the strand or strip of cane is inserted and held, and the hook-section 14 is designed to engage the opening 3 of the shank 2, so that as the needle 1 is drawn through the foundation fabric the strand-carrier or shuttle will follow its movements, and thus eflectually weave the strand into said foundation fabric.

In the use of the tool the needle 1 is inserted into the pushing-handle 5, the shank 2 being introduced into the bore of the shank 6 thereof, and the opposite end of the needle being then introduced into the foundation fabric pressure is exerted upon the handle 5, whereupon by reason of the swivel connection between the shank 6 and the handle 5 the needle 1 may freely rotate as it progresses through the fabric. The spiral formation of the needle 1 gradually advances the same until the forward end of said needle is emerged from the edge of the fabric opposite to that wherein the needle has been introduced. The pushinghandle 5 is now removed, it being understood that two operators are usually employed in the use of the invention, and the pulling-handle 9 is fastened to the forward end of the needle by the second operator, the hook 12 being engaged with the perforation 4 in the needle 1. The strand-carrier or shuttle 13 is then attached to the shank 2, the hook-section engaging the perforation 3 of said shank, and a strand of cane is connected to said carrier or shuttle through the opening 18. A pulling action now being exerted upon the handle 9 by the second operator it is obvious that the needle 1 is caused to complete its movement through the foundation fabric, and as the same advances it is obvious that the strand of cane carried by the shuttle will be drawn through the entire width of fabric and woven into the warp and weft thereof. When the passage of the needle has been completed, the pullinghandle 9 is removed, together with the strandcarrier, the needle is inserted in a new position in the fabric, and the operation described repeated until the entire number of diagonal strands have been introduced into the fabric.

In Fig. 6 is illustrated another form of the invention wherein the pulling-handle 9 is eliminated entirely. In such form the handle 5 is so connected to the needle 1 as to be fixed thereto, but permit the needle 1 having free rotary movement, as in the other form, and when this form is used the needle 1 is driven through the web until the forward end emerges from the latter. The strand-carrier or shuttle 13 is attached to the needle at the opening 4 thereof, and by exerting a pulling action on the handle 5 it is obvious that the carrier 13 will be drawn through the fabric together with the strand connected thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle, of a handle for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, a second handle for pulling the needle during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, and a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be Woven through the fabric and to be connected to the needle when'the pushing-handle is removed.

2. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form, of a handle for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, a second handle for pulling the needle during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, and a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to'be woven through the fabric and to be connected to the needle when the pushing-handle is removed.

3. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form and having at one end an elongated shank coincident with the axis of the needle, of a handle to be connected to said shank for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, a second handle for pulling the needle during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, and a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be woven through the fabric and to be connected to the shank of the needle when the pushing-handle is removed. v

4. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form and provided with perforations in each of its ends, of a handle for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, a second handle provided with a hook adapted to engage the perforation in the forward end of the needle for pulling the latter during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, and a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be Woven through the fabric, said strand-carrier or shuttle being provided with a hook adapted to engage the perforation in the rear end of the needle for connecting the strand-carrier or shuttle to the latter when the pushing-handle is removed.

5. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle, of a handle for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, a second. handle for pulling the needle during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, and a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be woven through the fabric and to be connected to the needle when the pushing-handle is removed, said strand-carrier comprising a hooksection and a 'fOllOWBP'SQClDiOIl swiveled together, the hook-section being adapted to be connected to the needle, and the follower-section being provided with a perforation for the reception of the strand to be woven.

6. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form and provided at one end with an elongated shank, of a handle for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, said handle being provided with an elongated swiveled shank having a here to receive the elongated shank of the needle, a second handle having a hook adapted to engage the needle for pulling the latter during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, and a strandcarrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to' be woven through the fabric and to be connected to the needle when the pushing-handle is removed.

7. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form, the forward end of said needle being perforated, and the rear end being flattened and forming an elongated shank coincident with the axis of the needle, said shank being also perforated, of a handle for pushing the needle during the initial stage of its passage through a fabric, said handle having an elongated shank provided with a bore for the reception of the shank of the needle, a second handle for pulling the needle during the final stage of its passage through the fabric, said second handle having a hook swiveled thereto and adapted to engage the perforation in the forward end of the needle, and a strand-carrier or shut tle for drawing the strand to be woven through the fabric, said strand-carrier or shuttle having a hook to be connected with the perforation of the shank of the needle when the pushing-handle is removed.

8. In a tool of the class described, the conibination with a needle of spiral form, a handle for passing same through a fabric, said handle having a rotatable shank for the reception of the needle.

9. In a tool of the class described, the con1- bination with a needle of spiral form, a han dle for passing same through a fabric, said handle having a rotatable shank provided with a bore for the reception of the needle, of a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be woven through the fabric.

10. Ina tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form, a handle for passing same through a fabric, said handle having an elongated rotatable shank provided with a bore for the reception of the needle, of a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be Woven through the fabric, said carrier or shuttle being formed of swiveled sections.

11. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form, and means for passing the same through a fabric, of a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be woven through the fabric, said carrier or shuttle being formed of swiveled sections.

12. In a tool of the class described, the combination with a needle of spiral form, and means for passing the same through a fabric, of a strand-carrier or shuttle for drawing the strand to be Woven through the fabric, said carrier or shuttle comprising a hook-section and a follower-section swiveled together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY (J. DEAN.

Witnesses:

Gino. F. BALOOM, ARTHUR C. Bunnnnn. 

